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Increased maternal cardiovascular mortality associated with pregnancy in women with Turner syndrome.

American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama.

In women with Turner syndrome, the risk for aortic dissection or rupture during pregnancy may be 2% or higher, and the risk of death during pregnancy is increased as much as 100-fold.

Published 23 October 2006 in Fertil Steril, 86: S127-8.
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